Sunshine Coast Solar Farm

The sunshine coast solar farm.
Sunshine coast solar farm. Officially opened in july 2017 the 15mw solar farm boasts 57 850 photo voltaic panels and is the. Sunshine coast becomes first council to complete its own large scale solar farm and expects it to deliver 22 million in savings over life of plant. The sunshine coast solar farm is the second largest in queensland and the sixth largest australia wide. It sits on 24 hectares of a 49 hectare site.
Is adjacent to energex s 33kv power line which is capable of receiving the solar farm s power output. First solar farm connected to energex s 33kv grid in south east queensland. The 15 megawatt mw farm will provide the council up to 22 million in savings. The sunshine coast council in queensland australia is the country s first local government to offset 100 percent of its electricity consumption across all its facilities and operations through its solar farm.
Live generation data fetching data. Giles parkinson posted on 24 july 2017 24 july. Council hopes to leverage the solar farm to develop a clean tech. Sees council proactively take control of its electricity supply to combat rising electricity costs which were on average 14 higher in queensland last financial year.
The characteristics of the site are that it. The award winning sunshine coast solar farm is the first of its kind in australia. Benefits to the region. French renewables developer neoen will go ahead with its plans to build a massive solar farm in queensland s western downs region after securing a contract to sell most of the power to t he state government owned renewable energy generator cleanco.
First solar farm in australia to operate at 1 500 volts dc to operate more efficiently. Reasons for choosing solar. View the daily power generated from the sunshine coast solar farm solar farm overview. At its peak the solar farm generates 15 000 kilowatts of electricity.
The sunshine coast solar farm is located at 909 yandina coolum road valdora. The electricity generated over one year will be enough to power the equivalent of 5000 homes. With a capacity of around 400 mw the western downs green power hub is set to become australia s largest solar farm. It sits on 24 hectares of a 49 hectare site.